How I Built My Own Self-Navigating Vacuum Cleaner

Hey there! It's been a long while since my last video , but I'm back with a rather ambitious project marking a fresh start of sorts.
I spent a lot of time and effort stepping up the quality of my videos and I hope it shows.
Hope to see you in the next one!
A part of this project's code was taken from the Nox Robot Project : wiki.ros.org/Robots/Nox
Check out these channels if you're interested to learn about ROS and make your own bot!
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And @prandtlmayer
Code: github.com/SKD-4/RVAC.git (Check README file for important details.)
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[@TinyMaths]

Dude, the effort you put into this; over a year of work? Much respect!

[@jyothishkj]

I've been doing a similar project myself... I was stuck since some time... your video has greatly helped me... mighty thanks... looking forwards to your fiture uploads

[@smithwill9952]

Impressive work because of your preservance and curiosity. Salute!

[@aniruddhhs2494]

Lokking forward for further updates! good stuff!

[@satwikchowdary2711]

will definitely try this someday

[@grahamnichols1416]

Great work and personal ethic. Subscribed immediately. Looking forward to the next video.

[@chpsilva]

I found your choice of MDF to build the body intriguing, and the motors fixtures are a clever solution, too. Can't wait for the next installment of the series!

[@SciNix]

Thank you!

[@adarshkaran6611]

Great work dude! 👏

[@RunYouWont]

the editing of this guy is really good

[@claesmaartenkamphof539]

It's really interesting, so I'm looking forward to the next video. Keep up the good work!

[@avinashkm8191]

Waiting for the second part of the video. Could you update. Excellent video, thanks for sharing

[@TRAZExYT]

This is a really cool project, I've also built a vaccum cleaner using a total of 7 sensors including ultrasonic sensor and ir sensors, servo motor e.t.c and an arduino mega as the brain of the bot,i will develop something like in this video in the future.Nice work :)

[@FPVMystique]

Super interesting! Underrated channel.

[@goku445]

Brilliant!

[@tanujsampat9361]

waiting for the next part!!

[@falcon60]

Really great stuff! Would love to see a detailed breakdown of how you implemented the SLAM using ROS. Hope you add it in your next video. Best wishes :)

[@SciNix]

Thank you! SLAM functionality is the next step and will be in the next video :)

[@goku445]

@@SciNix When? :)

[@LoganWhited]

Great video! I did chuckle when you said ROS was easy to learn. It has a notoriously steep learning curve.😂

[@suryakumar9949]

well done dear.. keep going

[@indianarduinoprojects8753]

Can't wait for your next video 💯

[@shotgun_jack5650]

Thank you so so much for sharing

[@user-sananda]

Pro stuff!!

[@LouisWhittington]

Now do a lawnmower version!

[@SciNix]

Haha that would be cool!

[@suraj_2123]

Efforts 💯

[@Kasuki_7]

Aammazinggg ❤❤❤

[@jaishreeepili5340]

Hey, when will the next part be uploaded? And can you please upload this on instructables if possible

[@sandm4n]

Ouch! Losing a RPI4 in these times is a real bummer. Those cheap XL60** or LM25** buck convertors are a hit or miss. Especially when you are using them close to their max spec. There's a reason why they're so cheap. I would never risk costly SBCs or MCUs with those.

[@SciNix]

Yeah! The new one seems to work better , but I'm open to any other suggestions, might be useful for future projects even!

[@goku445]

What about modifying them for safety? Adding decoupling capacitors?

[@YouTubeAutomationTools]

Awesome build! Do you plan to implement a coverage path planner into the navigation stack?

[@SciNix]

Thank you! Yeah , I don't know how to do that yet, but that's the plan.

[@wisnueepis3593]

your video is amazing, just wonder 1 thing how you get 0.4814 for the calculate speed? can you give the explanation please?

[@mihirgutti866]

When will the next part come!(waiting for part 2)😢😢😢😢

[@ahmedrafeeq-en6on]

hello bro im planning to add the mapping system to the automatic vacuum cleaner project I did , can you give some guidance for it ?

[@deepanshg]

Waiting for the next video. Also can you please suggest, how money and time did it take to DIY it.

[@SciNix]

Glad you liked it! It took me more than a year and a half to get to this point as i was learning everything from scratch and was busy with other things . But you could build it yourself in less time! I don't know the final cost yet as I am still working on it

[@vijayasankar23]

After a long search, i found a useful video about ROS. Its very Impressive work . As i am new to ROS . I am waiting for your next Video.Please share me the link of the motor your using for odometer .

[@SciNix]

Thank you! The Nema 17 stepper motors I used were from Amazon , the exact ones aren't available anymore but you can search for them on Amazon or websites like robu.in . The ones I used were cheaper as they came with lesser power (Notice the reduced thickness).

[@vijayasankar23]

@@SciNix Thanks Bro. Right now i am working with Esp32. Its working as expected .

[@kragrrr]

Maybe a silly question but you could have just replaced the SD card on the old RPi and insert in the new one, could have saved a ton of time to boot OS and install ROS right?

[@SciNix]

That's true , But my SD card got corrupted when that happened (I didn't mention it in the video) So , I had to format and reinstall everything again :/

[@sifodyas_]

awesome project. what do you use for the animation?

[@SciNix]

Thanks! I make all my animations while editing the video in DaVinci Resolve :)

[@commonman-rs9zl]

its been almost an year, when will thenext part come ??

[@jatinpatil1013]

can u share the link of fixed voltage buck converter that u used?

[@SciNix]

Sure , I bought it from Robu.in robu.in/product/24v-12v-to-5v-5a-power-module-dc-dc-xy-3606-power-converter/

[@Tech_Brigadier]

I want to learn ROS. make a series over it Bro

[@muhammedraslan593]

Really informative. Are you planning to open source this project ?

[@SciNix]

Thanks! And yes I'll soon link all the project files in the description.

[@goku445]

@@SciNix Awesome! I hope you can get a 3D printer so you can make plastic parts.

[@bro_leo]

I like it. I hope I can build one of this, But it just my brain really can't understand programming language, no matter how I learn it. So many confusion 😅😅

[@Inbegriff]

great work!can u pls share ur navigation code

[@SciNix]

Thank you! I'll link all the project files in the description soon but which one exactly are you asking?

[@giosamera8129]

Hii sir, can you post the codes and packages with arrangements in ros?

[@SciNix]

Hey , it's all in the GitHub link in description.

[@mihirgutti866]

Luv u mama ❤❤❤♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@longnguyenhoang7482]

Could you upload the Arduino code, Sir?

[@SciNix]

I'll upload it soon along with all the other project files in the description :)

[@QuanrumPresence]

Kick ass stuff! Please make more ! Do you have any patreon? I think the problem might be power surge , might be also the motor back emf! Have you taken care of those. Split the videos and elaborate on circuit, specially on ROS

[@SciNix]

Glad you liked it! I don't have any patreon yet :/ I'll look into the things you mentioned!

[@shashwatpatel1516]

Hey man....cool stuff!! How can I reach out to you ?

[@SciNix]

Thanks man! For what do you want to reach out to me? I'll setup something till then :)

[@shashwatpatel1516]

@@SciNix I have a passion for electronics and robotics, and I currently work as a senior project technical assistant at eYantra, IIT Bombay. Additionally, I enjoy working on projects related to robotics and embedded systems. I have plans to start my own KZbin channel in the near future, and I would greatly appreciate any guidance you can provide.

[@SciNix]

That's great! I'm happy to help with whatever I can, Here's my Gmail [e-mail]

[@theghostofuchiha6570]

Bro can you make same project using Arduino pls😢 because i have only mini Arduino

[@goku445]

It will not have enough processing power to do advanced functions like mapping.

[@nematsalahshoor3678]

Dear Sir, Hi, I saw your very useful video about vacuum with self-navigation robot, its grate and thanks’ for that. I would like make such project in here if you help me, So if you like please send me circuit diagram and program code for making it. Sincerely yours Nemat.

[@s.d.b.5803]

You should get a 3d printer

[@lalithrajeevpasupuleti7804]

Damn I thought you died since u didn't post any videos for a long time

[@user-hi2iw7jt3v]

Hey, when will the next part be uploaded? And can you please upload this on instructables if possible

[@user-hi2iw7jt3v]

Hey, when will the next part be uploaded? And can you please upload this on instructables if possible

[@user-hi2iw7jt3v]

Hey, when will the next part be uploaded? And can you please upload this on instructable if possible